Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, is scheduled to speak on campus today, two years after a similar event elicited protests and a minor incident of violence. Addressing a crowd that Judy Lin, senior media relations officer at UCLA, estimates will be around 1,000 to 1,200 people, Ebadi will […]
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Lawsuits attack policy denying funds to students with drug convictions
The U.S. Department of Education has recently been hit by a series of lawsuits from groups seeking to repeal a policy that prevents college students who have been convicted of drug offenses from receiving federal financial aid. The first suit concluded last week when the Department of Education agreed to provide Students for Sensible Drug […]
Hillel remembers torture victim
Students, community members and a foreign ambassador met at the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center of Jewish Life at UCLA on Tuesday to commemorate the life of a Jewish man whose kidnap, torture and murder in France last month has raised concerns within the Jewish community about anti-Semitism. Ilam Halimi, 23, was a mobile-telephone store clerk […]
UC students lobby state capitol for affordability compact
More than 150 University of California students lobbied at the steps of the state capitol Monday, asking state legislators to make access and affordability of a UC education a top priority. Monday marked the first time the UC Student Association presented state legislators with its proposal for a Student Compact to make higher education affordable […]
[Online Exclusive]: College students demonstrate poor literacy, study finds
Less than half of college students graduate with broad proficiency in mathematics and reading, according to a report issued by the American Institutes for Research last week. The report found that 20 percent of students at four-year institutions had only basic quantitative literacy. One example of a basic skill is the ability to calculate costs […]
ID forgers face tougher law
A new California state bill, which will go into effect January, will make the possession of any material for the use of making false IDs a crime. The focus of this law is directed toward the larger concern of criminals using false IDs to threaten the United States’ national security. University police, Westwood businesses, and […]